ARCTIS
Drawing inspiration from the mythical winters and mystical summers of the North, the Finnish powerhouse of talented misfits known as Arctis fearlessly navigate their futuristic battleship through a treacherous ocean where ferocious waves of Metal clash against reefs of Rock and Pop, birthing a sonic assault of epic proportions.
The band’s highly anticipated self-titled debut album is slated for release in the fall of 2024 through Napalm Records. This compelling record was produced by Jimmy Westerlund (Sturm und Drang), mixed by Stefan Glaumann (Rammstein), and mastered by Svante Forsbäck (Rammstein).
AVATARIUM
HEIDEVOLK
ILLUMISHADE
ROTTING CHRIST
Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene. They are also responsible for creating the signature Greek black metal sound prevalent in the early 1990s.
SAKIS TOLIS
Athanasios “Sakis” Tolis is a Greek musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist of Rotting Christ. He is also known as Necromayhem. He has recently produced some of the band’s albums and contributed as session keyboardist.
SIRENIA
Sirenia is a Norwegian gothic metal band from Stavanger, founded in 2001 by Morten Veland. The band uses melodic instrumentals, synthesizers, and distorted guitars with female vocals, male death vocals, clean male vocals, a choir, and violins. The lyrics are concerned with human existence, emotion, and mental states.
SKILTRON
Skiltron is a folk metal band formed in Buenos Aires in 2004 by Emilio Souto. Since 2018, the band has moved to Europe. Skiltron are considered one of the few Southern American metal bands to fuse heavy metal and Celtic music, a style usually more common in many parts of Europe
SVARTSOT
Denmark’s original and leading folk metal band since 2005. SVARTSOT mixes tales from Denmark’s history and folklore with folk and medieval inspired melodies on folk instruments and lead guitar on the one side and crushing melodic death metal on the other side. The band’s 5th studio album is being released February 25th 2022 on the Danish label Mighty Music.
TROLLFEST
Trollfest are a Norwegian folk metal band. The band released their first full-length album, Willkommen Folk Tell Drekka Fest, on the Solistitium Records label on 15 March 2005. The album name translates roughly to “Welcome Folk to the Drinking Feast” in English
WINTERSUN
Wintersun is a Finnish heavy metal band from Helsinki originally formed as the side project of Jari Mäenpää, then-vocalist and guitarist of folk metal band Ensiferum.